The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries. The Programme was launched in
2008 and builds on the convening role and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UN-REDD Programme supports nationally-led REDD+
processes and promotes the informed and meaningful involvement of all stakeholders, including
Indigenous Peoples and other forest-dependent communities, in national and international REDD+
implementation.

Support to Partner CountriesThe Programme currently supports 47 partner
countries spanning Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, of which 16 are receiving support to
National Programme activities. Click here for more information on
UN-REDD National Programmes.

Global Support to National REDD+ ActionsIn addition to supporting partner
countries through UN-REDD National Programmes, the UN-REDD Programme also provides complementary
support to countries through common approaches, analyses, methodologies, tools, data and best
practices developed through the UN-REDD Global Programme. The UN-REDD Global Programme work is
divided in the following six integrated work areas, designed to support country actions on REDD+:

Improving Guidance on Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Monitoring

This publication summarizes Forest Reference Level construction approaches developed by Brazil,
Chile, Costa Rica, the DRC, Ghana, Guyana, Mexico, Nepal, the RoC and Vietnam; the publication hopes
other countries can learn from and get inspired by these pilots in FRL development. The FRLs in the
publication are developed for demonstration activities but the Annex to the document also reports on
UNFCCC submissions (Publication is intended to be updated with future submissions).